Using Gnucash from multiple computers?

[Sean Clarke]

Mark,

I don't want multi user, just multi computer.

I have a desktop box and 2 laptops all running Linux Mint.

I do a fair amount of traveling often for long stretches of time,  so would
like to have the data files on Dropbox or Google Drive so I can access my
accounts no matter where I am or which of my laptops I'm using.

I don't want to be limited to only doing my accounts from one machine.  I
will however only be using Gnucash on one machine at a time.

Cheers,

Sean
On 15 Oct 2014 01:00, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:

> John,
>
> I remember some earlier posts on this topic which included a warning that
> Gnucash is not designed to be a multi-user program. The so-what to this
> fact is that Gnucash reads the entire database into memory when it starts,
> and then saves the database when it closes. So, one can lose data if one is
> not careful. For example, one computer has the data file open and another
> computer adds a transaction and then exits. The data from the first
> computer will over write the database when it closes, and the posted
> transaction from the second computer will be lost. There is a setting in
> Gnucash to update the db more frequently, but even so, I think there is a
> small chance of losing data this way. Is this caveat still true, or did I
> misunderstand the issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> On Oct 14, 2014 7:08 AM, "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>> Dang it, after preaching about copying the list, I forgot to copy the
>> list.
>>
>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 1:20 AM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi John,
>> >
>> > by GNC_DOT_DIR do you mean the .gnucash directory in /home ?
>> >
>> > If not then what am I looking for?
>> >
>> > Also I don't have a .bashrc in /home  which is where I was expecting it.
>> >
>> > Can you give me a little more help please.
>> >
>> > At the moment I have all (?) the .gnucash account data files in a
>> folder on Google Drive and apart from having to remember to exit the
>> program on one machine before opening it on another (because of the LCK
>> file), everything seems fine.
>>
>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies: Use "reply all" or, if
>> your email client supports it, "reply list".
>>
>> GNC_DOT_DIR is an environment variable. If it's not set the default is
>> $HOME/.gnucash, where HOME is another environment variable pointing the
>> user's home folder, which on Linux is /home/<username>. You want to set it
>> like this:
>> GNC_DOT_DIR="$HOME/Google Drive/gnucash"
>> or something similar.
>>
>> .bashrc is one of several possible names for startup files, see the bash
>> manpage for a complete list. Note that none of them will exist unless the
>> user explicitly creates them, and nthat bash looks for them in a particular
>> order; once it finds one it stops looking for more.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>> > On 14 October 2014 09:29, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Oct 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Is it possible to stick the Gnucash settings file on Google Drive and
>> then
>> > > be able to use the same settings from multiple computers?
>> > >
>> > > I want to have Gnucash on all my computers so depending which one I'm
>> using
>> > > I have access to my financial analysis.
>> > >
>> > > Or will I run into problems?
>> >
>> > Nope, piece of cake: Just set GNC_DOT_DIR to a folder on your Google
>> Drive. You didn't say what OS you're using,
>> > so in Linux you can just set it in .bashrc. On OSX you'll want to edit
>> Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash. On Windows
>> > the easiest way is to edit the shortcut in the menu (right-click on it
>> and select Properties from the context menu).
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > John Ralls
>> >
>> >
>>
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